-- "Erich Eichmann" erich.eichmann@t-online.de wrote: Alan and Nick, SatPC32 reads the CAT data for a particular satellite from the aux. file Doppler.SQF which can be opened and edited from the menu "?", "Auxiliary Files". The spelling of the satellite's name in this file must exactly match the spelling in the Keps file. For the program FO-29 [+] is another satellite than FO-29. Therefore it will not use the FO-29 data with FO-29 [+].

Which begs the question, why don't the tracking software writers use the catalog number number instead of the satellite name? There was a time, I believe it was UO-11, that I found it listed under 5 different names. Depending on who's Keps list you downloaded.

It seems to me that the catalog number remains constant and if used, it wouldn't matter what name they attached to it. Is there a reason why the name has to be used?

Keith N4ZQ